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Submitted by theunabonger on Sat, 06/28/2008 - 8:46am.

I thought I'd try my hand at fooling the locals, although I think this one is easy, let's see how many of you get it right away.

Where am I? 

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Submitted by theunabonger on Sat, 05/31/2008 - 12:07am.

Whilst stopping to pickup some smoked king salmon from Sea Blossom Seafoods I caught this diggity performance of Gaelica playing a song to benefit the Rocky Prairie south of Olympia.

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Submitted by theunabonger on Sun, 05/25/2008 - 1:29pm.

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Submitted by theunabonger on Sat, 05/17/2008 - 9:13pm.
Washington 3rd Congressional District Nominating Convention - Napavine, WA

Chaired by State Democratic Party Chairman Dwight Pelz

Speaking for Brian Baird: Paul Berendt

Cheryl Crist, Speaking for herself.

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Submitted by theunabonger on Fri, 05/16/2008 - 10:47am.

I needed to post this, to explain why I'm going to Napavine tomorrow morning, to vote for Cheryl Crist, who is challenging sitting incumbent Brian Baird for the party nomination to run for the 3rd Congressional District seat in the U.S. Congress. It is not an easy explanation for me to make.


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Submitted by theunabonger on Wed, 04/30/2008 - 3:41pm.


With pomade!! Because the pleasing odor is half the point!

Thanks OlyBlog!!

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Submitted by theunabonger on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 2:50pm.


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Submitted by theunabonger on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 11:39am.

Olympia Coffee Roasting is giving away Free Coffee Today! Don't miss out!

For those of you still patronizing Starbucks in a town with the great roasters we have, (Like Olympia Coffee Roasting), I wag the wiggling finger of shame at you! ;)

Cosmo

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Submitted by theunabonger on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 1:27am.

You can never be sure, you can never fully trust the people you hire to govern, or the people to be governed. What do you do? I've decided this year to believe. To believe that our country can be healed. I've decided to come off the fence, and declare my support for Barack Obama


Please click on the image above, to see a bit more about why I've chosen to believe, against reasonable hope, perhaps, that our country can be united, and people can start to believe in the precepts of tolerance, welcoming immigrants of all nations, faiths, and ethnicities, and strong funded public education.

"The 'we' we've been waiting for to come and fix our problems is us!" It's time to take back control of this country, and put the scoundrels who have damaged our country into jail where they belong!

If you live in Washington, please attend your caucus today!

Cosmo 

 

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Submitted by theunabonger on Tue, 01/22/2008 - 10:54pm.

I know this is late, but a picture I saw on Rob Whitlock's Flickr Stream gave me the urge to post it.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

"'A time comes when silence is betrayal.' That time has come for us in relation to Vietnam [Iraq].

The truth of these words is beyond doubt but the mission to which they call us is a most difficult one. Even when pressed by the demands of inner truth, men do not easily assume the task of opposing their government's policy, especially in time of war. Nor does the human spirit move without great difficulty against all the apathy of conformist thought within one's own bosom and in the surrounding world. Moreover when the issues at hand seem as perplexed as they often do in the case of this dreadful conflict we are always on the verge of being mesmerized by uncertainty; but we must move on."

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